search

 
 
 
 
Search       AUTHORS A - E| F - J| K - O| P - Z| TOPICS 

Cicero quotes, quotations, sayings

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Cicero
 1004    
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Cicero
 1004    
The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
Cicero, De Amicitia
 1004    
When you have no basis of argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Cicero
 1004    
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.
Cicero
 1004    
All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.
Cicero
 1004    
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.
Tom Blair
 1004    
The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct.
Cicero
 1004    
A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
Cicero
 1004    
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.
Cicero
 1004    
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
Cicero, De Divinatione
 1004    
A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
Cicero
 1004    
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
Cicero
 1004    
Let the punishment match the offense.
Cicero
 1004    
Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Cicero
 1004    
A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.
Cicero
 1004    
While there's life, there's hope.
Cicero
 1004    
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
Cicero
 1004    
What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
Cicero
 1004    
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.''
St. Augustine
 1004    
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book-worm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 1004    
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.
Cicero Pro Ligario
 1004    
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
 1004    
Peace is liberty in tranquility.
Cicero
 1004    
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Cicero
 1004    
By doubting we come at truth.
Cicero
 1004    
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place.
Cicero
 1004    
There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.
Cicero
 1004    
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
Cicero
 1004    
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.
Cicero
 1004    
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
Cicero
 1004    
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
Cicero
 1004    
Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.
Cicero
 1004    
Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
Cicero
 1004    
The welfare of the people is the ultimate law. (Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex)
Cicero
 1004    
There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.
Cicero
 1004    
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.
Cicero
 1004    
Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
Cicero
 1004    
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
Cicero
 1004    
The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.
Cicero
 1004    
Our thoughts are free.
Cicero
 1004    
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Cicero
 1004    
It is a great thing to know our vices.
Cicero
 1004    
Strain every nerve to gain your point.
Cicero
 1004    
Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
Cicero
 1004    
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
Cicero
 1004    
Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
Cicero
 1004    
It is a true saying that 'One falsehood leads easily to another'.
Cicero
 1004    
I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
Cicero
 1004    
Force overcome by force. (Vi Victa Vis)
Cicero
 1004    


.
To top